## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2024 To 31 December 2024**
**Charity name: Old Edwardians’ Association UK& Ireland**
## **Charity registration number: 1107118**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To support and advance education at**
**the school by:**
•
**Raising awareness in the UK and**
**Ireland about the deteriorating**
**condition of the school and**
**mobilising resources for its**
**immediate and long-term**
**rehabilitation and development.**
•
**Strengthening the school’s**
**capacity to deliver quality**
**secondary education.**
•
**Promoting effective collaboration**
**among the school, staff,**
**students, parents, and Old**
**Edwardians’ Associations in**
**Sierra Leone and abroad.**
•
**Undertaking charitable initiatives**
**that further the educational**
**mission of the school.**
•
**Establishing and maintaining a**
**scholarship fund to support**
**students in need.**
•
**Supporting members of the**
**Association in times of need.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During the year, the Association**
**organised several key events to support**
**its objectives, including:**
•
**A Variety Show and a Dinner &**
**Dance fundraising event, aimed**
**at generating resources for the**
**school’s development.**
•
**Our Annual Thanksgiving Mass,**
**held to celebrate and give thanks**
**for the continued progress of the**
**Association and its mission.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|**The Trustees wholeheartedly agree with**
**this policy guidance.**|
Commission on public benefit
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Members contribute a fixed annual**
**subscription fee of £50, aligned with the**
**calendar year. In addition to this,**
**members also make voluntary**
**contributions towards specific events**
**and initiatives, such as the Annual**
**Thanksgiving Mass.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**In 2024, the Association held two**
**successful fundraising events, enabling**
**us to:**
•
**Provide Christmas stipends to all**
**school staff.**
•
**Continue funding maintenance**
**and cleaning of the main toilet**
**block for student access.**
•
**Support a visually impaired**
**alumnus with university**
**expenses.**
•
**Fully sponsor student meals for**
**the Feast Day of St Edward, the**
**school’s patron saint.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The Association continues to deliver on**
**its objectives while actively exploring**
**new initiatives within its existing scope**
**to further support the school and our**
**members**||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Met**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Association remains in a strong**
**financial position, enabling it to**
**continue supporting its objectives and**
**initiatives effectively.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Association maintains a reserve to**
**cover upfront costs such as deposits for**
**venues, catering, and merchandise**
**required for fundraising events. This**
**financial buffer ensures smooth**
**planning and execution of key activities.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£20,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Annual Dinner and Dance**
**Variety Show Event**
**Membership subscriptions and**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Cost of living crisis**|
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Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nomination and voting by Membership**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Old Edwardians’ UK Association and Ireland|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1107118|
|Charity’s principal address|19 Squires Close
Rochester
Kent
ME2 2TZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Alvin Cole|President||Association members|
||Terence Johnson|Vice President||Association members|
||Michael Bangura|Secretary||Association members|
||Fatima Pratt|Assistant Secretary||Association members|
||Amilcar Lewis|Treasurer||Association members|
||Ambrose Johnson|Social Secretary||Association members|
||Amadu Dainkeh|MembershipSecretary||Association members|
||Andrew Johnson|Member||Association members|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|ACole||
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||Alvin Cole||
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Chair||
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## **Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**
|**Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**|**Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**|**Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**|**Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**|
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|**Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2024**||||
||**Unrestricted funds**|**Unrestricted funds**||
|**_Notes_**|**31-Dec-24**|**31-Dec-23**||
|**Receipts**|**£**|**£**||
|**FUNDRAISING AND OTHER EVENTS**||||
|Variety Show|10,392||7,844|
|Dinner & Dance|21,979|22,833||
|Thanksgiving Celebrations|5,175||2,789|
|Other Schools support|70||940|
|Members Credit|165|||
|**MEMBERSHIP, BENEVOLENCE & DONATIONS**||||
|Monthly Meeting Subs|60||555|
|Membership Subscription|5,085||3,075|
|Christmas Party Donations|1,640||120|
|Benevolence|75||1,155|
|Band|200|||
|**DONATIONS**||||
|Hall Hire|||240|
|Refreshment|||60|
|**DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL**||||
|Scholarship fund|120||120|
|**MERCHANDISE**||||
|School merchandise|1,085||955|
|Postage|20||15|
|**Total receipts**|**46,066**|**40,701**||
|**Payments**||||
|**FUNDRAISING AND OTHER EVENTS**||||
|Variety Show|5,772||4,571|
|Dinner & Dance|17,238|13,803||
|Thanksgiving Celebrations|9,510||2,655|
|**MERCHANDISE**|314||548|
|**MEMBERSHIP, BENEVOLENCE & DONATIONS**||||
|Christmas Party|1,216||997|
|Benevolence|1,120||970|
|**DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL**||||
|School Reburbishment Project|474|||
|Staff Support|2197|||
|Scholarship / Bursary|||1,413|
|Toilet Block Maintaince|250||1,000|
|Feast Day|1,067||100|
|**GOVERNANCE & ADMIN**||||
|Monthly Meeting (Hall Hire & Refreshments)|900||1,128|
|Postage/Stationery|168||15|
|ZOOM annual subscription|256||244|
|Miscellaneous|21|||
|Bank Charges|61||63|
|Other schools' functions|220||1,425|
|Website|||370|
|Association Brass Band|976||2,289|
|**Total payments**|**41,758**|**31,591**||
|**Net of receipts/(payments) for the year**|4,308||9,110|
|Total funds brought forward|39,982|30,871||
|**Total funds carried forward**|**44,289**|**39,982**||
||**Old Edwardians'**|**Association UK and Ireland**|||
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|**Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2024**|||||
||**Unrestricted funds**||**Unrestricted funds**||
||**_Notes_**|**31-Dec-24**||**31-Dec-23**|
|**Statement of financial**||**Position as at 31 December**|**2024**||
|Bank Account 1||44,290||39,982|
|Bank Account 2-||0|||
|**Total at Bank**||**44,290**||**39,982**|
|**Funds of the Association**|||||
|Unrestricted funds||44,290||39,982|
|**Total funds**||**44,290**||**39,982**|
|**Debtors**|||||
|Hackney Council|_outstandng deposit_|200||200|
|Oasis Banqueting|_outstandng deposit_|1000||1000|
|Imperial Banqueting|_outstandng deposit_|750||750|
|Association Members|_due on stocks, tickets_|||405|
|||**1,950**||**2,355**|
|**Creditors**|||||
|School Toilet Mainteance||||_(Nle 7,225)_|
|**Remaining Stock**_(valued at selling price)_|**No**||**No**||
|Blanchet|12|240|9|180|
|Brown|6|120|10|200|
|Mulcahy|10|200|7|140|
|O'Gorman|16|320|16|320|
|Wilson|2|40|||
|T-Shirt|2|20|5|50|
|Old Ladies T Shirt|5|75|6|90|
|Centenary Blue|10|250|12|300|
|Centenary White|11|275|13|325|
|Caps Curve|6|120|15|300|
|Caps Flat|17|340|12|240|
|Blazer|2|130|7|455|
|Ceremonial ties|53|795|102|1530|
|Centenary ties|84|2100|80|2000|
|Bow ties|76|1140|63|945|
|Hat bands|43|645|35|525|
|Metal badges|20|200|50|500|
|||**4,085**||**3,970**|
## **Old Edwardian Association UK & Ireland Branch**
## **Auditors Report on the Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2024**
Based on the **Summary Report 2024** including:
- Statement of Financial Activities
- Statement of Financial Position for year ending 31 December 2024
## **Audit Findings:**
- Examination of the association's accounts and financial position as of 31 December 2024 has been completed.
- Confirmation of:
- Compliance with **section 130 of the Charities Act**
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- ▪ Accounts provide a **true and fair view** of the association s financial situation and transactions for the year
- Prepared in line with **UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP)**
## **Additional Comments:**
- No material issues identified.
- Praise for the **treasury team** for maintaining a strong financial position.
## **Signed by:**
**Dunstan Nicol-Wilson** , Auditor.
**Raymond Osuwo** , Auditor.
Email:oldedwardiansuk@yahoo.com
OEA UK&I Registered Charity No: 1107118